"Contains papers presented at the Ninth International ASTM/ESIS Symposium on Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics (37th National Symposium on Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics) held May 20-22, 2009 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The symposium was jointly sponsored by ASTM International Committee E08 on Fatigue and Fracture and the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS)."--Foreword